American Cultural History
1950-1959
Facts about this decade ---
Population: 151,684,000 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)*
Unemployed: 3,288,000
Life expectancy: Women 71.1, men 65.6
Car Sales: 6,665,800
Average Salary: $2,992
Labor Force male/female: 5/2
Cost of a loaf of bread: $0.14
Bomb shelter plans, like the government pamphlet You Can Survive, become widely available
American History - 1950-1959
1953 - 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower is president. ... REF E169.1A471872 America in the 20th Century 1950-1959 is covered in volume 6. ...kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html
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Look at those life expectancies. We better get busy on our bucket lists.
I had forgotten some of the prices, but I remember my folks buying day old bread at the bakery for $0.10/loaf.
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